Journal-box.



G. L. OWEN.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION rum) MAY 26, 1903.

Patented June 21,1910.

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C. L. OWEN.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1908.

961,793. Patented June 21, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. OWEN, OF AVALON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF FIFTY-ONE ONE- H'UNDREDTI-IS TO WILLIAM H. SHINN, OF CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA, AND TWENTY-FOUR AND ONE-HALF ONE-HUNDREDTHS TO CHARLES H. COCI-IRAN, OF

AVALON, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

JOURNAL-BOX.

Application filed Ma 2c, 1908. Serial No. 435,158.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. OWEN, of Avalon, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in J ournal-Boxes for Railway-Cars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to journal boxes for railway cars and to a construction which is particularly adapted to pressed-steel journal boxes; and its object is to improve the details of construction in the manner to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

, In order that my invention may be clearly understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan View showing the top of the box applied to the body portion but before it has been secured thereto; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the top secured to the body portion of the box; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional View taken on the line aa of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a similar view taken pn the line b?) of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a similar view taken on the line cc of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a finished journal box and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

I will now describe my invention so that others skilled in the art to which it appertains may understand and construct the same.

In the drawings, 2 represents the body portion of the box, which body portion may be of a single piece of sheet steel cut to the proper shape and pressed to the desired form shown in the drawings, having outwardly extending side flanges 3. I do not, however, desire to limit myself to this material nor to the form shown in the drawings. The top portion of the box consists of a plate 4 having its two side edges folded upon itself so as to form inwardly projecting flanges 5 which are adapted to engage with the outwardly extending side flanges 3 of the body portion 2 of the box. These flanges 3 occupy the spaces 6 formed by the flanges 5 and the plate proper of the top section 4, thus forming interlocking laterally extending side flanges indicated by the reference letter d.

In placing the top plate in position on the box, the plate may be started at either end of the box and readily slid into position as the spaces 6 formed by the flanges 5 serve as guide-ways for the flanges 3. After the top has been placed in position on the body portion, as shown in Fig. 1, and in order to effectively secure the top to the body portion of the box, the box is placed in a folding press where, by means of suitable dies, the end portions of the flanges d are folded down against the sides of the box in the manner indicated by the reference letter 6 in Figs. 2, 4L and 6. By leaving the central portions of the flanges d flush with the top of the box, the box is reinforced at this intermediate point and a wide flat bearing surface is obtained for the arch bar of the car truck. These extended top portions of the box are provided with openings 7 which register with the cavities 8 of the body portion of the box and serve for the passage of the arch bar bolts. 7

On either side of the cavities 8 of the body portion 2 are the corrugations 9 forming outwardly extending ribs which reinforce the sides of the journal box, while at the forward and rear end of the box I provide inwardly extending ribs 10 which terminate abruptly at the top, forming a shoulder 11 upon which the lug-plate 12 is adapted to rest. This lug-plate serves as a reinforcement to the top of the box, and it may be secured thereto by means of rivets 13. It is provided with depending side flanges 14, which form rests or stops for the brass or bearing of the journal box with depending front flanges 15 and form a rest for the stop wedge. It also carries an upwardly extending clip or lug 16 by means of which the lid is hinged to the box.

At the rear of the journal box is a guide plate 17 which serves as a guide to the dust guard, and is provided with an elliptical aperture 18 for the passage of the axle. This plate is in the form of a flat plate having its side edges bent to form flanges 19 whereby it is riveted to the body portion of the box, the advantages of which are that when this plate is worn out it may be easily removed and replaced without the loss of the body of Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a journal box, a pressed steel body portion having elongated outwardly extending side flanges, a pressed steel top portion extending over and beyond said side flanges and providing an extended bearing surface and bent inwardly thereunder to form therewith laterally extending interlocking side flanges.

2. In a journal box a body portion having outwardly extending side flanges, a to portion having inwardly extending side anges adapted to engage with the outwardly extending flanges of the body portion of the box to form laterally extending interlocking side flanges, and portions of said flanges being folded downwardly against the sides of the box.

3. In a journal box a body port-ion having outwardly extending side flanges, a top portion having inwardly extending side flanges adapted to engage with the outwardly extending flanges of the body portion to form laterally projecting interlocking side flanges, said flanges being folded downwardly against the body portionof the box at each end for a portion of their length.

4. In a journal box a body portion having outwardly extending side'flanges, a top portion having inwardly extending side flanges adapted to engage with the outwardly extending flanges of the body portion to form laterally pro ecting interlocking side flanges, said flanges being folded downwardly against the body portion of the box at each passage of the arch bar bolts. 6. In a journal box, a body portion having outwardly extending side flanges, a top por' tion adapted .to overlap and engage with the side flanges of the body portion forming interlocking laterally extending side flanges and being folded downwardly at each end for a portion of their length against the body portion of the box, the outwardly extended portions of said flanges being provided with apertures for the passage of the arch bar bolts.

7. In a ournal box a body portion having a top portion secured thereto, a lug plate carried by said top portion and said body portion being provided with inwardly projecting vertical ribs which terminate abruptly at the top to form-a rest for the lug plate.

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CHAS. L. OWEN.

Witnesses:

M. ARTHUR KELLER, M. A. EARTH.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set 

